2011–12 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory

2011–12 season

Chairman

Anthony Di Pietro

Manager

Mehmet Durakovic (until 5 January)

Kevin Muscat (7 January)

Jim Magilton (from 8 January)

Stadium

AAMI Park and Etihad Stadium

A-League Premiership

8th

A-League Championship

DNQ

Top goalscorer

Carlos Hernández - 10

Highest home attendance

40,651 v Sydney FC
8 October 2011

Lowest home attendance

14,023 v Wellington Phoenix

Average home league attendance

24,284

Home colours

Away colours

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The Melbourne Victory 2011–12 season is Melbourne Victory's seventh season in the Hyundai A-League, the highest level association football league in Australia.

Season Summary

On 27 May 2011, erratic Costa Rican Marvin Angulo was axed by Melbourne Victory just weeks after his loan deal appeared set to be extended,^[1] while goalkeeper Michael Petkovic announced his retirement.^[1] Thai defender Surat Sukha left to join Buriram PEA after he was released by the Victory on compassionate grounds.^[2]^[3] It was also announced on 16 June 2011 that Adidas had signed a five-year deal as the club's official kit manufacturer.^[4] On 21 June 2011, Mehmet Durakovic was appointed as head coach of Melbourne Victory while former Socceroo and SBS football analyst Francis Awaritefe was appointed as Director of Football.^[5] However, after a brief five-month stint in his job as the Director of Football with Melbourne Victory, Awaritefe was axed by Melbourne Victory, after a run of poor results.^[6]

On 20 August 2011, Melbourne Victory officially confirmed the signing of Socceroos and former Leeds, Liverpool and Galatasaray player Harry Kewell on a three-year contract.^[7]

On 15 September 2011, it was announced Brazilian Fabio Alves had signed a one-year contract with Victory, after an impressive trial performance in a pre-season friendly against reigning champions Brisbane Roar.^[8]

On 4 October 2011, Ante Covic signed a one-year deal with Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Tando Velaphi who was ruled out for 12 weeks.

On 5 January 2012, it was announced that manager Mehmet Durakovic had been sacked due to poor performances throughout the season, with only three wins from their first 14 games. Assistant coach, Kevin Muscat, was appointed caretaker coach while the club searched for a new coach.^[9]

On 7 January 2012, the former manager of Ipswich Town, Jim Magilton, was appointed as interim manager until the end of the current season.^[10]^[11]

On 23 January 2012 it was reported that Melbourne Victory was to secure Mark Milligan on loan until the end of the season.^[12] It was confirmed on 24 January that Milligan has signed the contract for a loan deal until the end of the 2011–12 A-League season.^[13] On 24 January 2012 it was confirmed that Julius Davies had signed with Melbourne Victory after impressing the staff during his two weeks of training with the club, although he was not cleared to play until 16 March 2012. On 8 February 2012 Hong Kong based Spanish defender Ubay Luzardo secured a loan deal to Melbourne Victory until the end of the season.

Veterans Tom Pondeljak, Rodrigo Vargas and Fabio were released days before the final series began.

On 15 March, Victory confirmed the signing of sought-after Gold Coast United defender Adama Traore on a two-year deal. On 16 March, Jim Magilton boosted his defensive stocks for the upcoming season with the capture of Central Coast Mariners utility Sam Gallagher.

Melbourne Victory finished the 2011–2012 season in eighth place and missed the finals campaign. Magilton was not offered a further contract and departed the club in April 2012.

The Melbourne Victory 2011–12 season is Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory's seventh A-League season.

Players

First team squad

As of 9 February 2012.^[14] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tando Velaphi
2	DF	Matthew Foschini
3	DF	Fabio
4	DF	Petar Franjic
5	DF	Mark Milligan ^{[nb 1]}
6	MF	Leigh Broxham
7	DF	Matthew Kemp
8	MF	Grant Brebner
9	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano ^{[nb 2]}
10	FW	Archie Thompson (Vice-captain)
11	MF	Marco Rojas
12	DF	Rodrigo Vargas
13	MF	Diogo Ferreira
14	MF	Billy Celeski
15	MF	Tom Pondeljak

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Carlos Hernández
17	FW	James Jeggo
18	FW	Danny Allsopp
19	MF	Isaka Cernak
20	GK	Lawrence Thomas
21	GK	Ante Čović
22	FW	Harry Kewell
23	DF	Adrian Leijer (Captain)
25	FW	Luke O'Dea
26	DF	Nicholas Ansell
27	MF	Paulo Retre
28	DF	Ubay Luzardo ^{[nb 3]}
29	FW	Julius Davies
30	GK	Rani Dowisha

Player Notes

↑ On loan from JEF United
↑ On loan from L.D. Alajuelense
↑ On loan from Kitchee SC

Transfers

Winter

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
20 October 2010	MF	Isaka Cernak	North Queensland Fury	Undisclosed^[15]
8 February 2011	GK	Tando Velaphi	Perth Glory	Undisclosed^[16]
11 March 2011	MF	Marco Rojas	Wellington Phoenix	Undisclosed^[17]
21 March 2011	MF	James Jeggo	Melbourne Victory Youth	3 yr Contract
28 March 2011	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano	LD Alajuelense	1 yr Loan (May 2012)^[18]
20 August 2011	MF	Harry Kewell	Galatasaray	3 yr Contract^[19]
15 September 2011	DF	Fabio Alves	Volta Redonda Futebol Clube	1 yr Contract^[20]
15 September 2011	GK	Lawrence Thomas	Sheffield United	2 yr Contract^[20]
4 October 2011	GK	Ante Čović	IF Elfsborg	1 yr Contract

Isaka Cernak and Tando Velaphi were signed during season 2010/11 after regular season and in between final series for the AFC Champions League.

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
16 February 2011	DF	Kevin Muscat	Unattached	Retired^[21]
1 March 2011	DF	Evan Berger	Perth Glory	Free
1 March 2011	MF	Mate Dugandzic	Melbourne Heart	Free
21 March 2011	MF	Ricardinho	Paraná Clube^[22]	Loan, Undisclosed
26 March 2011	FW	Robbie Kruse	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Undisclosed^[23]
27 May 2011	GK	Michael Petkovic	Unattached	Retired^[24]
27 May 2011	MF	Marvin Angulo	CS Herediano	Released^[25]
12 July 2011	DF	Surat Sukha	Buriram PEA	Free^[26]

Summer

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
24 January 2012	DF	Mark Milligan	JEF United	End of Season Loan, undisclosed fee^[27]
8 February 2012	DF	Ubay Luzardo	Kitchee SC	End of Season Loan, undisclosed fee^[28]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
24 January 2012	FW	Ricardinho	Unattached	Released^[27]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
First-team Manager	Jim Magilton
First-team Assistant manager	Kevin Muscat
First-team Coach	Chris O'Loughlin
Youth-team Manager	Darren Davies
Youth-team Assistant manager	Vaughan Coveny
Youth-team Coach	Dean Anastasiadis
Goalkeeping Coach	Steve Mautone
Fitness Coach	Adam Basil
Sports Scientist	Anita Pedrana
Physiotherapist	Sam Bugeja
Physiotherapist	Daniel Jones
Physiotherapist	Sharbil Wehbe
Personal Trainer	Andrew Brown
Club Doctor	Dr. Anik Shawdon

Source:

Matches

2011-2012 Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
13 July 2011	Celtic	H	0 - 1		20,794
26 July 2011	Port Melbourne	A	2 - 0	Allsopp 15', Broxham 35'
3 August 2011	Dandenong Thunder	N	0 - 1
10 August 2011	Bentleigh Greens	N	2 - 3	Hernández (2)
24 August 2011	Springvale White Eagles	A	5 - 1	Thompson (2), Solórzano, Hernández, Allsopp
4 September 2011	Gold Coast United	N	0 - 1
11 September 2011	Brisbane Roar	N	2 - 0	Hernández 39', Allsopp 50'	6,307
23 September 2011	Adelaide United	A	1 - 1	Hernández 87'	9,543

2011-2012 Hyundai A-League fixtures

8 October 2011 Round 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
		Summary		Attendance: 40,651 Referee:

14 October 2011 Round 2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	S. van Dijk 52'	Summary		Attendance: 14,573

22 October 2011 Round 3	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
		Summary		Attendance: 39,309

30 October 2011 Round 4	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	1 : 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:30 NZDT 14:30 AEDT	Ben Sigmund 54' 66' D. Sánchez 60' 71'	(0:1) Report	42' A. Thompson 53' T. Pondeljak 67' (pen.) C. Hernández 82' Fabio	Attendance: 9,369 Referee: Peter Green

5 November 2011 Round 5	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
	A. Čović 2' C. Hernández 7' A. Thompson 9', 20' 90' A. Leijer 25' M. Foschini 36' D. Allsopp 78'	Summary	5' (pen.) Henrique 27' T. Broich 69' B. Berisha 89' L. Brattan	Attendance: 24,820 Referee: Ben Williams

12 November 2011 Round 6	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium
7:45pm AEDT (UTC+11)	P. Bojić 11' R. Griffiths 61'	Report	44' A. Thompson 52' M. Kemp	Attendance: 10,251

20 November 2011 Round 7	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
	C. Hernández 67' (pen.) D. Allsopp 57'	Summary	36' L. Miller 70' Andrezinho 87' S. Smeltz	Attendance: 18,404

27 November 2011 Round 8	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3 : 2	Gold Coast United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
5:00pm AEDT (UTC+11)				Attendance: 16,522

3 December 2011 Round 9	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	3 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Ausgrid Stadium, New Lambton
7:45 PM AEDT (UTC+11)	Griffiths 27' (pen.), 88' Haliti 47'	Report	Hernández 20'	Attendance: 17,245

10 December 2011 Round 10	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1 : 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
7:45pm AEDT (UTC+11)	Thompson 59'	Report	Barbiero 82'	Attendance: 16,562

18 December 2011 Round 11	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3 : 1	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT 19:00 NZDT Melbourne Starting XI 21 GK Ante Čović 02 DF Matthew Foschini 03 DF Fabio 04 DF Petar Franjic 06 MF Leigh Broxham 10 FW Archie Thompson 76' 13 MF Diogo Ferreira 14 MF Billy Celeski 16 MF Carlos Hernández 72' 22 FW Harry Kewell 82' 23 DF Adrian Leijer (c) Substitutes: 20 GK Lawrence Thomas 11 MF Marco Rojas 76' 18 FW Danny Allsopp 72' 19 MF Isaka Cernak 82'	A. Thompson 3' H. Kewell 15' B. Celeski 19', 79' V. Lia 22' (o.g.) D. Ferreira 24' L. Broxham 28'	Summary Report 13 Shots 18 6 Shots on Target 5 10 Fouls Committed 9 3 Corners 9 1 Offsides 2 54% Possession 46%	84' A. Smith	Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Matthew Gillett Wellington Starting XI 20 GK Tony Warner 02 MF Manny Muscat 04 DF Brent Griffiths 63' 06 MF Tim Brown 07 MF Leo Bertos 09 FW Chris Greenacre 63' 12 MF Nick Ward 66' 17 MF Vince Lia 18 DF Ben Sigmund 22 DF Andrew Durante (c) 24 FW Alex Smith Substitutes: 01 GK Mark Paston 11 MF Daniel 63' 14 FW Mirjan Pavlovic 63' 21 MF Dani Sánchez 66'

23 December 2011 Round 12	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	3 : 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
20:00 AEDT Melbourne Heart XI 01 GK Clint Bolton 02 DF Michael Marrone 03 DF Brendan Hamill 16 DF Aziz Behich 25 DF Adrian Madaschi 05 MF Fred (c) 06 MF Matt Thompson 78' 10 MF Wayne Srhoj 07 FW Rutger Worm 71' 19 FW Eli Babalj 59' 23 FW Mate Dugandžić Substitutes: 11 FW Alex Terra 59' 17 FW Jason Hoffman 71' 18 DF Curtis Good 78' 30 GK Sebastian Mattei	Thompson 37', 39' Terra 62'	Summary Report 55% Possession 45% 54% Territory 46% 18 Shots 15 8 Shots On Target 5 5 Shots Off Target 5 6 Corners 6 2 Offsides 297 6 Completed Passes 315 22 Total Crosses 15 3 Saves 4 12 Clearances 16 25 Tackles 23 15 Fouls 14 4 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 0	Thompson 21' Hernández 90+2'	Attendance: 26,579 Referee: Strebre Delovski Melbourne Victory XI 21 GK Ante Čović 02 DF Matthew Foschini 03 DF Fabio 72' 04 DF Petar Franjic 23 DF Adrian Leijer (c) 06 MF Leigh Broxham 13 MF Diogo Ferreira 16 MF Carlos Hernández 19 MF Isaka Cernak 55' 10 FW Archie Thompson 22 FW Harry Kewell Substitutes: 08 MF Grant Brebner 11 MF Marco Rojas 55' 18 FW Danny Allsopp 72' 20 GK Lawrence Thomas 66'

31 December 2011 Round 13	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	3 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium
9:30	Sayed Adnan 33' Nichols 44' Visconte 50' Franjic 53'	Summary	Kewell 3' Vargas 20' Celeski 45' Allsopp 78'	Attendance: 14,852 Referee: Jarred Gillett

4 January 2012 Round 14	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium
08:45	Simon 1' (84) Sainsbury 53'	Summary		Attendance: 12,284 Referee: Peter Green

7 January 2012 Round 15	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
08:45	Allsopp 6' Franjic 12' Sung-Hwan Byun 74' (o.g.) Allsopp 81' Broxham 90'	Summary	Kantarovski 36' Elrich 53' Griffiths 85' Simic 90'	Attendance: 14,897 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

13 January 2012 Round 16	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1 : 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
09:00	Thompson 6' Brebner 43' Fabinho 82'	Summary	van Dijk 53' Boogaard 65'	Attendance: 20,959 Referee: Jarred Gillett

22 January 2012 Round 17	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	4 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	nib Stadium, Perth
08:30	Smeltz 14' (35), pen.' Sterjovski 42' (pen.) Smeltz 84' Andrezinho 90'	Summary	Kewell 16' Leijer 34' Kewell 69' (pen.) Cernak 71' Allsopp 78'	Attendance: 12,358 Referee: Peter Green

26 January 2012 Round 18	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	AAMI Park, Melbourne
05:00	Cernak 45' Fabinho 45+2' Ferreira 59'	Summary	Bosschaart 45+1' Bruno Cazarine 56' Ryall 89'	Attendance: 20,053 Referee: Strebre Delovski

1 February 2012 Round 19	Gold Coast United	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Aurora Stadium, Launceston
07:30	Thwaite 90'	Summary	Kewell 66'	Attendance: 5,268

4 February 2012 Round 20	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	0 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne

10 February 2012 Round 21	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne

18 February 2012 Round 22	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	3 : 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

25 February 2012 Round 23	Gold Coast United	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast

3 March 2012 Round 24	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1 : 3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne

10 March 2012 Round 25	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Allianz Stadium, Sydney

16 March 2012 Round 26	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3 : 0	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne

24 March 2012 Round 27	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	4 : 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	nib Stadium, Perth

Exhibition Match

6 December 2011 Friendly	Melbourne Victory	2 : 2 (3–4 p)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
7:30 PM	Hernández 15', Cernak 37'	Report	Keane 40' pen, 49' pen	Attendance: 34,608 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	3	6	5	17	21	−4	15	2	5	0	11	8	+3	1	1	5	6	13	−7

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L
Position	5	8	7	4	6	6	6	3	7	8	5	6	6	8

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Finals		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tando Velaphi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Matthew Foschini	5	0	0	0	5	0	2	1
3	DF	Fabio	7	0	0	0	7	0	3	0
4	DF	Petar Franjic	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF	Leigh Broxham	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
7	DF	Matthew Kemp	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
8	MF	Grant Brebner	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
10	FW	Archie Thompson	7	3	0	0	7	6	1	0
11	MF	Marco Rojas	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Vargas	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
13	MF	Diogo Ferreira	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	Billy Celeski	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
15	MF	Tom Pondeljak	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
16	MF	Carlos Hernández	5	2	0	0	5	6	1	0
17	MF	James Jeggo	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	FW	Danny Allsopp	5	1	0	0	5	1	1	0
19	MF	Isaka Cernak	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
20	GK	Lawrence Thomas	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	GK	Ante Čović	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1
22	FW	Harry Kewell	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
23	DF	Adrian Leijer	6	0	0	0	6	0	3	1
25	FW	Luke O'Dea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Nicholas Ansell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Rani Dowisha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–

Ladder


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	27	15	6	6	40	24	+16	51	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (C)	27	14	7	6	50	28	+22	49	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	40	35	+5	43	2012 A-League Finals Series
4	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	27	12	4	11	34	32	+2	40
5	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	27	10	8	9	37	42	−5	38
6	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	27	9	10	8	35	34	+1	37
7	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	27	10	5	12	38	41	−3	35
8	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	27	6	11	10	35	43	−8	29
9	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	27	5	10	12	26	44	−18	25
10	Gold Coast United	27	4	9	14	30	42	−12	21	Disbanded at end of season

Updated to games played on 25 March 2012..
Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2012 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

National Youth League

Fixtures

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
23 October 2011	Melbourne Heart Youth	A	0 - 2
6 November 2011	Brisbane Roar Youth	H	1 - 5	Jeggo 9'
11 November 2011	Central Coast Mariners Youth	A	0 - 6
20 November 2011	Sydney FC Youth	A	1 - 5	Srahah 59'
27 November 2011	Gold Coast United Youth	H	1 - 2	O'Dea 24'
4 December 2011	Newcastle Jets Youth	A	1 - 2	Jeggo 56'
11 December 2011	Adelaide United Youth	H	1 - 2	Chaabani 76'
17 December 2011	A.I.S.	H	0 - 2
21 December 2011	A.I.S.	A	2 - 3	Jeggo 56', OG'
8 January 2012	Newcastle Jets Youth	H	2 - 0	O'Dea 37' Srahah 78'
14 January 2012	Adelaide United Youth	A	1 - 0
21 January 2012	Perth Glory Youth	A	0 - 0
29 January 2012	Sydney FC Youth	H	1 - 2	Srahah 26' Dea 33'
5 February 2012	Melbourne Heart Youth	H	1 - 2	Srahah 16' Cristaldo 70'
11 February 2012	Central Coast Mariners Youth	H	0 - 0
19 February 2012	Brisbane Roar Youth	A	2 - 1	Srahah 48'
26 February 2012	Gold Coast United Youth	A
4 March 2012	Perth Glory Youth	H	1 - 0	Srahah 37'

League table

edit ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Central Coast Mariners Academy (C)	18	11	3	4	41	16	+25	36
2	Brisbane Roar Youth	18	9	5	4	50	33	+17	32
3	Perth Glory Youth	18	9	5	4	36	31	+5	32
4	Gold Coast United Youth	18	7	5	6	33	30	+3	26
5	Melbourne Heart Youth	18	8	2	8	35	37	−2	26
6	Sydney FC Youth	18	7	4	7	40	31	+9	25
7	Adelaide United Youth	18	6	5	7	30	34	−4	23
8	Newcastle Jets Youth	18	5	5	8	27	29	−2	20
9	AIS Football Program	18	5	1	12	28	59	−31	16
10	Melbourne Victory Youth	18	4	3	11	15	34	−19	15

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
# = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	1	0	9	9	29	−20	3	1	0	4	5	11	−6	0	0	5	4	18	−14

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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